Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 2574, William Garey, New Jersey

SERVICE
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New Jersey
Garey, William
S2574
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Order to pay 11 th Sept 1839. Letter to W.P. Hunt 10. March 1840 Order to pay 7. Sep 1840
Death date not on A.B.
New Jersey 47578 17578
William Gane of Warren in the State of N.J. who was a Pri - in the Com commanded by Captain Jones of the _____ commanded by _____ in the N.J. Militia for 6 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of N.J. at the rate of 20 - Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Aug 1883 and Lieut. J. Condict Present -
Arrears to the 4th of March 31. $ 40 - Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 4 " 10 $ 50 -
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E.D. Duceck Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 - Page 113 -

Application of William Garey for pension as Militia man under act of Congress of 7 th June 1832

Daniel Pierson justice of the Peace
This Deposition Taken of Peter Gary a Resident of the township of Amwell County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey Taken before me Daniel Pierson justice of the Peace in and for said County of Hunterdon at the house of the  other  John  Backus this ninth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one
The said Peter Gary being duly sworn on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God Deposith and saith that he the said Deposition is eighty years of age, he further saith that William Gary his Brother about seventy five years of age the deponent further saith that he was knowing to the said William Gary being old as a Militiaman in the service of the Revolutionary War does not remember what year it was in
sworn and subscribed this 9th day of December AD 1831 before me
Daniel Pierson justice of Peace
Peter Gary
State of New Jersey } Hunterdon County }
I Isaac G Farlee Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the county of Hunterdon do hereby certify that Daniel Pierson Esquire, before whom the foregoing deposition was taken is now and has been for a considerable time past, a Justice of the peace in & for the county of Hunterdon &c. duly commissioned and sworn - and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all his official acts as well in the state of New Jersey as elsewhere In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal affixed the seal of the said Court at Flemington this 9th day of December AD eighteen hundred and thirty one
Farlee clk

State of New Jersey.
Warren County ss. On this twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared, in open court, before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the said county of Warren now sitting William Garet, a resident of the township of Mansfield in the county as aforesaid, aged twenty five years on 13 th December last, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he first went out as a private in Captain David Jones Company, Lieutenant John Rockefeller, under Major Cornelius Stout, in the New Jersey Militia: he cannot recollect the year or month but knows it was the first call of the militia in that part of New Jersey where he then lived, to wit, in the township of Amwell, County of Hunterdon and state of New Jersey. That he continued afterwards to go out at every call of the Militia, during the Revolutionary war, and served his different terms of duty as one of the drafted militia men, under Captains Stout, Jones, Adam Hooper, John Heath, John Hunt, at least for the term of six months. That he cannot recollect the names of all the officers under whom he served - recollects being called out very frequently, to watch at the cross roads & catch the Tories going into Princeton to take protection under the British. That he recollects one night at

Buchannans tavern near Flemington taking one Daniel McLean who had been to Trenton, & got a protection. We followed him and at last took him under the abutment of a bridge. We also took another at Tunkers lane near Howells ferry and Daniel Degg who was on his way to Trenton to take protection. That deponent was out three tours, one month each as a substitute for his brother Peter Garay in the New Jersey Militia; also between seven & eight weeks in the six months service as a substitute for his brother Samuel during which time laid at Elizabeth town under command of Colonel Beavers. That he has no certificates of service, nor discharge from service nor any other documentary evidence, except the accompanying affidavits of Lieutenant John Rockefeller, and Peter Garay - nor does he know of any other persons living whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not in the pension roll of the Agency of any State in the United States.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Wm P. Robeson
William Garay
We Conrad Davis, and George Garay both _____ residing in the township of Mansfield _____ in the County of Warren and State of New Jersey, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Garay who has subscribed and sworn to the above decla- -ration; that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion - Conr Davis

Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid Wm P. Robeson
George Garay
And the said court, do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Conrad Davis who signed the preceding certificate and that George Garay who also signed the same, reside in the said township of Mansfield and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. And further that there is no Clergyman residing within several miles of the said William Garay.
Wm P. Robeson
Thos Warner
I. Phineas B Kennedy. Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Warren in the state of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of William Garay for a pension. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and seal of office this twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
P. B. Kennedy Clerk

State of New Jersey
Warren County ss. Personally appeared, before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County, on the third day of July 1833. William Gary, of Mansfield in said County, an applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively, as to the precise length of his service in the revolutionary war, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:
For Six months I served as a private
For Five months & a half I served as a private in company for my brother. And for which service I claim a pension: and during all which time I was not employed in any civil pursuit.
In further answer to the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, which I answered before the Court, but which were not included in my declaration, I would answer...
I. I was born at the township of Amwell in the County of Hunterdon - and state of New Jersey on the 13 th December, 1757. II. I have a record of my age in my family bible which I copied from my father's family record, which my elder brother has in his possession in the County of Hunterdon - III. I was living in the township of Amwell County of Hunterdon and state of New Jersey when called into service. Since the revolutionary War, I have lived all the time in the County of Sussex

(now Warren) and where I now live —
IV. When called into service, we were classed and drafted in the Militia of New Jersey. I first went out in the year 1776.
V. I recollect the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where I served Captains. Rockafellow. Dan Jones. Cornelius Stout. Adam Hope. John Heath. John Hudnut. Colonel Bravers. Bournell. & Seely. and Generals Maxwell and Burd.
Besides the six months which I have sworn to in this additional declaration, which I served regularly. I also served five months and a half as a substitute for my brother Samuel Garay in the six months service. which was in the year, 1777. My brother had been out two weeks in this six months service & was taken sick with dysentery when I went down to Elizabeth town & served out the remainder of his term for him; and got a discharge in writing at head quarters at Short Hills. which I think was signed by General William Maxwell. This discharge I gave to my brother and he drew the pay & paid it over to me. Besides which he gave me a two year old colt to take his place. I got no discharge for the other six months service. while out for my brother we were at the time at and about Elizabeth town, in county of Essex & state of New Jersey.
VI. VII. I stated in my original declaration the names of Conrad Davis & George Garay to whom I am known in my present neighborhood who testified to my character for veracity. There is no clergyman living in my neighborhood.
Sworn & Subscribed the date above before me
William Garay
M c Robison

Rev War
2574 INVALID.
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File No. 2574
William Gares
Print Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 21, Page 136.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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2 Trenton Bank Pension Office Septem. 4 1840
Sir:
The inclosed voucher of W m Gary requires your special direction for payment
I am very respectfully Your Ob t Serv t M c Dickinson Pres t
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

William Garey St. Jersey. Act 7 th June 1832
$20
To what time last paid
Pension Office
11. Sep 1839
10 th to 4 Sep 1838
JH

Ames March 5 1840
Sir
I enclose you the application for a new Certificate of Mr Gary which I will thank you to for- ward to me
I am very respectfully
Your Ob Servt Wesley P Stuart
J S Edwards Esq

Trenton Bank
Permit Office
Sept 4 1839
Sir Enclosed is a voucher of William Gary requiring your Special Direction for payment
I am respectfully
Your Ob t Serv t
J. P. Dickerson Pres.
Mr. P. Munro
Ed d Edwards Esq.

Sept 1. 1833 p to Sept 4. 1833
May 12 1835 Paid to Sept 4 1835
Nov 13 1835 Paid to Sep 4 1835
April 15 1836 Paid to Mar 4 1836
Nov 11 1836 Paid to Sep 4 1836
May 11. 1836 Paid to Mar 4, 1837
Paid to 4/sep 1837 Paid to 4/sep 1838
Paid to 4/sep 1838
Paid to 4/sep 1838
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Paid to 4/sep 1840
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paid to 4/sep 1841
No- 17. 578
1652 H
William Govey

WAR DEPARTMENT
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, William Garey — of the State of New Jersey — who was a Private during the Revolutionary — War —
is entitled to receive Twenty dollars and _____ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payabl e  semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 26 day of August — one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three
Lewis Cass Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
H. Crump acting Commissioner of Pensions.—

Application of
William Gares of Warren Co.
for a Pension
6th private
2d
apparent discrepancy between original & revised declarations as to time & substance
Claimant must specify the particular period of his actual service & prove it by the best testimony in detail as far as possible.
Hon L Conduct

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Gares which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? no V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1862? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No clergyman certificate - Witness certified credible XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No - Certificate of Court that there is no Clergyman residing within general miles XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? two living witnesses XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? By XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? No
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Additional affidavit & details of services of William Garay of Warren Co. New Jersey

State of New Jersey
Warren County ss Before me, One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas is and for said county, on the 20 th August 1833. personally appeared William Garey of the township of Mansfield in said county who is an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7. 1832. whom I certify is a credible person and his statement entitled to credit, who being duly sworn according to law saith, that when he made his original declaration he did not know that he was entitled to a pension on account of services rendered as a substitute in the five months service, and only mentioned it to his agent, who wrote it as an evidence of his being engaged heartily in the cause of the Revolutionary war; that when he came to make the additional declaration, he was then informed that he must mention all his services, and upon reflection then recollected that it was five months and a half, that he served in the five months service, being the residue of the term of his brother Samuel's service.
That deponent is very infirm, and by reason of his great age and consequent loss of memory he cannot state the year of any part of his service and but very few of the months - but is confident he served not less than the periods mentioned below, during all which time he was engaged in no civil pursuit or employment.
His first tour of duty was in Captain David Jones's Company Lieutenant John Rockefeller - Major Cornelius Stout - Colonel name can't specify, but recollects that Colonels. Beavers, Bonnell etc.

commanded during all the time of his service and Generals Maxwell & Dickerson. - I recollected it was in the month of February I first went out, and when the Bri- tish laid in New Brunswick. We laid along the Raritan and part of the time at the house of Peter D Vroom the father of our late Governor. - At the end of our tour of one month the relief did not come, and Major Stout furva- ded us to stay another month. which we did in the place of those who ought to have come. and this last month I staid in place of my brother Peter Garay, and we staid all the time in the same neighborhood.
My next tour, was under Captain Adam Hope in the six months service as a substitute for his brother Samuel Garay who was taken sick. - & in which I staid out five months & a half as stated in my additional declaration. I recollected I went out in month of August from lack of watermelons being very plenty, and its being very hot weather, and did not return until after the hollowdays. - When I got the discharge it was very cold weather and plenty of snow. and about the 1 st of February.
My next tour, was under Captain John Heath. the next summer which I recollected from the mosquitoes being so bad while I was standing sentry below New Brunswick, where we were engaged the whole of the month - can't specify the month.
My next tour was for one month under Capt David Jones for summer at a place called South Brunswick. - our chief business was to watch Tories & horses there for taking horses over to the British. - This month I was substitute for my brother Peter.
My next tour was for one month under Capt John Stuart. during which month we laid part of the time near Milestone and had an

quarters at a house belonging to a Lawyer named Le Grange who had gone to the Portico. His property was confiscated during this month. We marched to Springfield & back again. can't recollect the month nor year -
My other kind of duty, was for some weeks or thereabouts under captain David Jones. Lieutenants John Rockefeller, & Huddart - watching the lines at the different cross-roads where the British laid at Trenton. and when their lines were going to take protection, and during which time we took a good many of them whose names are not now recollected, except Daniel Pegg and Daniel McLean whose names have been heretofore named - I know of no other testimony I can procure of my services either living or documentary - I have diligently enquired and can't find any survivor who was out with me at my different turns of duty. Lieut. and Rockefeller is dead since making my declaration & my Brother Peter is childish & has lost his memory - I am myself very infirm and very poor - and if the foregoing statement, I detest be not satisfactory I can make none other.
William Govey
Sworn & Subscribed the date above
before me
Winney
State of New Jersey,
(Bergen County, ss.)
I, Phineas B. Kennedy, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, certify that the foregoing signature of John Winney is genuine; and that at the time thereof he was a Judge of said court.
With my hand & seal of office the 20 th August 1833.
P. B. Kennedy Clerk

ments to be made for
Then Bank Compa aying Pension ency of
New Jersey
the Pension Of E Vol. I
E. D. Bullock Clerk.

Deposition of John Rockefeller

Daniel Pierson Justice of the Peace
The Deposition of John Rockefeller Residing in the Township of Amwell County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey Taken before Daniel Pierson Justice of the Peace in and for Said County of Hunterdon at the house of the Said John Rockefeller this ninth day of December A.D. 1831
The Said John Rockefeller being Sworn on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God deponeth and Saith That he the deponent is in the ninetieth year of age further Saith that he knew William Garry in the time of the Revolutionary War and further Saith that he the deponent was a lieutenant during the whole of the Said War and further Saith the Said William Garry was then a Resident in the Township of Amwell County and State of New Jersey and further Saith that the Said William Garry served under him the Said John Rockefeller five weeks in the time of Service of these united as Militia men
I do not remember what year it was in Sworn and Subscribe this 9th day of December 1831 before me John Rockefeller
Daniel Pierson Justice of Peace
State of New Jersey: Hunterdon County ss.
I Isaac G. Farlee Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Hunterdon do hereby certify that Daniel Pierson Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition was taken is now and has been for a considerable time past a Justice of the peace in for the County of Hunterdon duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith & credit ought to be given to all his official acts as well in the state of New Jersey as elsewhere
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 9th day of December A.D. 1831
Farlee Clk

Application of William Garey of Warren N.J. for a Pension.
15-893
If allowed please direct certificate to J. M. Sherrard Belndere Warren New Jersey

State of New Jersey.
Hunterdon County ss. I Daniel Pearson one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for said County, before whom the affidavits of John Rockafeller Sen and Peter Garay were taken on the 9 th December 1831. upon the application of William Garay for a pension under the law of the United States of June 7 th 1832. are both credible persons, and their statements are entitled to full faith and credit. Witness my hand and seal the 26 th day of June AD 1833.
Daniel Pearson
State of New Jersey.
Hunterdon County ss. I Isaac G. Farlee Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Hunterdon do certify that Daniel Pearson Esquire, who made the above certificate was at that time, and still is a Justice of the Peace; and that his name attached thereto is his genuine signature.
Witness my hand & seal of office this 26 th day of June AD 1833.
Isaac G. Farlee Clk.

I William P Robeson before whom the annexed declaration and affidavit of William Garey was taken certify that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Witness my hand & seal the 3 rd July 1833.
W P Robeson

State of New Jersey
Warren County ss. I, Phineas B. Kennedy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County certify that the signature of William P. Robeson Esquire to the amended declaration and affidavit of William Garay is genuine; that at the doing thereof he was a Judge of said court, and Justice of the Peace in and for said County; and that the papers hereto attached are the original papers and proceedings of said Court, (except the above named affidavit, and the certificate of Daniel Pearson to the credibility of John Rockefeller and Peter Garay, the Clerk's certificate of his being a Justice) on the application of said William Garay for a pension. Witness my hand at the office the 4 th day of July 1833.
J. B. Kennedy Clerk

In behalf of the claimant I request that a certificate may be awarded for five months' service being the amount originally claimed, and relinquish the balance of the claimant being the opinion of the Commissioner of Pensions that he is entitled to no more. Aug 24 th 1833 Louis Condiet
Application of William Ganey of Nantucket Mass for a Pension.
15-693
Passport from direct Post Office
to J. M. Shepard
October
Frank
New Jersey